ITLF asks Kuki-Zo to not comply with orders of depositing licensed arms ahead of Lok Sabha polls
ITLF) asked Kuki-Zo man and woman, village volunteers not to comply with orders of depositing licensed arms ahead of Lok Sabha election.
ITLF in a statement said, “The state government attempt to view the current dispensation based solely on election related matter and thus issuing order for submission of weapons to arms license holders at jurisdictional police station may not serve appropriate considering the plight and uncertainty we are facing, This will only invite more controversy and insecurity that will rightly offend the Kuki-Zo people”.
It added, “We need every available weapon to defend our 'right to life' and our land from the nefarious intent of the majority Meitei community, which is hell-bent on killing and driving us out of our homes. It is pertinent to note through our past experience that licensed guns that were submitted in 2023 have not been returned till today. Therefore, Indigenous Tribal Leader's Forum (TLF) requests every Kuki-Zo man and woman, village volunteers should not comply with the perverse and hateful ideologies of radical Meite's administration.”
District Magistrates in all the northeastern states have issued separate orders asking licensed holders of arms to deposit their guns at the nearest police stations in view of the Lok Sabha elections.
“District Magistrates of the eight northeastern states have issued separate orders directing the licensed armed owners to deposit their arms and ammunition to their nearest police stations within this month, failing which their licensed
